Re: lib/41257: curses: getyx + wmove violates least astonishment past end-of-line

[Brett Lymn <blymn%baesystems.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/41257; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Brett Lymn <blymn%baesystems.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: blymn%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        jld%panix.com@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/41257: curses: getyx + wmove violates least astonishment past 
end-of-line
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 22:08:14 +0930

 On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 12:25:02AM +0000, Jed Davis wrote:
 >  
 >  Except that something is wrong here.  If I write a character which
 >  extends up to (but not beyond) the rightmost column of the terminal
 >  with addch or add_wch, then it sets __ISPASTEOL and leaves the cursor
 >  position at the *beginning* of the character.  It's only if I use addstr
 >  that the cursor gets into the one-past-the-end state.
 >  
 
 Right.  That is why I said previously that trying to paper over the
 bug by adjusting the return of getyx() is not a good idea.  I will
 generate another patch soon that should remove the off by one error.
 
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 Brett Lymn
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